Need Help Transferring

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi everybody, I need A LOT of help with transferring. I currently am a commuter student in New York, and now I want to go to an out-of-state university to study engineering as well as do research. My first year GPA was a 3.68. I also had good grades in high school (93 unweighted GPA taking all Honors & AP classes and a 1390 on the SAT's).</p>

<p>A couple of the schools that I have thought about transferring to right now are the University of Arizona and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (both are relatively affordable out-of-state schools with good engineering and research programs). I am almost positive that I will get into these schools, but the big problem with me is financial aid. Since my EFC is not that low, can I expect to get good merit aid as an out-of-state transfer to a school like U of A (after all my grades are a lot better than the general student body at this school)? If not, what other good schools can you guys recommend that I attend? Thanks...</p>

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<p>I think u have a great chance at both schools =)</p>

<p>if you are a minority, and your efc is somewhere along the lines of 0-1,000, expect them to hook it up :) (for wisc)</p>

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<p>Know someone (out of state) who made out very well at Arizona - his dad died but he had an inheritance, and still got a decent scholarship package. Think you should be in good shape at either school with that average.</p>

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<p>Definitely look into whether or not either school offers in-state tuition to out of state students with excellent grades. My daughter is getting in-state tuition at University of New Mexico and she's from Massachusetts. She had a 3.6 GPA in high school, and decent SATS but not stellar. Those schools will often do that to lure kids from other states far away to lend a little bit of geographical diversity to the campus.</p>